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Odds and ends Venice Biennale opens without a jury amid strife over Russian and Israeli participation

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Geopolitical tensions spilled over into the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition, which opens its most chaotic and contested edition in memory Saturday with no Golden Lions after the jury quit in protest of Israel’s and Russia’s participation and loud protests outside their pavilions.

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